There were some local issues on yesterday’s ballot for the Texas Constitutional elections. In
Bevil Oaks, Barbara Emmons was elected mayor. She defeated Jennifer Joyce. Emmons
currently holds the Ward 2 council seat in Bevil Oaks. In Lumberton, voters approved a
$74 million new waste treatment plant. Newton County voters said no to a $12 million bond
to build a new jail and law enforcement center.